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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:20:28 ADT
mgraffam@mhv.net
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:30:51 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Oskar Pearson wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am new to this list. From the discussion I have seen this appears to be
> fairly theorectical, but I hope that this mail is on topic. Please tell
> me to stay way if it's not.
Sounds on topic to me.
> I am planning on making the linux-kernel cryptography stuff easy to use
> and secure. Currently the stuff that comes with the kernel is messed (see
> the mail below).
I brought this up a month or so ago, I'm looking to integrate crypto into
ext2.
> 3) Has anyone got a Gnu assembler version of twofish? I know absolutely
> no assembler, but I would like to put twofish (in optimized
> form) into the kernel... Anyone think this is a bad idea? (Bruce - you
> aren't allowed to comment, ok? :)
>
Don't do any kernel code in assembler. The linux kernel runs on far more
than just ix86. Do it in well-written C that will be portable, and
compatible across architectures.
Don't limit yourself to twofish, either: its a new algorithm and if
I was a betting man, I might bet that all is well with Twofish .. but
security and privacy ought not be a gamble.
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin, ~1784
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:20:28 ADT